单词 | to stop up |
释义 | > as lemmasto stop up b. To plug (the seams of a boat) with oakum, tow, or other caulking material; †to caulk (a ship). Also to stop up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > make watertight > caulk caulk?a1500 stop1535 calfreta1600 cork1684 horse up1850 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxvii. 9 The eldest and wysest at Gebal were they, that mended & stopped thy shippes. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 223/2 To stoppe the ioynts of ships with mosse, okam, or tow: properly called to calke. 1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land ii. 24 The continual leaking of our rickety canoes obliged us to..spend hours in attempting to stop the seams. to stop up c. To tie up with thin rope. Also to stop up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > tie up trice?a1400 stopper1769 stop1771 gripe1840 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 191 The maintop-mast back stay, to which the chain is stopped, to prevent its swinging about. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 121 It is advisable to bend the cable..to the crown of the anchor, stopping it with spun-yarn to the ring. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 50 How are the footropes fitted? With a cut splice, being stopped out on each side to the guys. to stop up b. With adverbs, as away, out. to stop on, to continue in one place or employment. to stop up, to remain ‘up’ at one's college or university; colloquial, to sit up instead of going to bed. to stop out: spec. North American, to interrupt one's higher education for a time in order to pursue some other activity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw to a distance > stay away or not go to stop1815 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [verb (transitive)] > remain at one's college or university to stop up1815 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > etch > protect specific parts from acid to stop out1815 to stop off1907 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > intentionally watchc1000 to sit upc1450 stay1526 to burn (etc.) the midnight oil1635 to set up1697 to wake it1766 to watch up1852 to wait up1855 to stop up1857 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] > stay up or out of bed during the night wakec900 to sit upc1450 stay1526 to set up1697 to wake it1766 to watch up1852 to stop up1857 the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue > in a place, state, or condition dwellc1175 to stop on1889 society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > take time out of one's education to stop out1926 1815 Zeluca II. 86 You stopped away from Spire on Tuesday. 1819 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 42 [At the end of the term he writes] The Fellows have been very kind, have said we might stop up as long as we like. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 552 Georgy stopped away from school. 1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë II. v. 148 Mr. Brontë and old Tabby went to bed... But Charlotte..stopped up,—it was very tempting,—late and later. 1889 Spectator 14 Sept. This..is their notion of a career, and..to ‘stop on’ in the village is to accept a great disappointment. 1926 I. S. Cobb Some United States xi. 257 I'm a Virginian—at present stopping out in Kentucky. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §214/7 Stop out, to stay away from home all night. 1971 Less Time, More Options (Carnegie Commission on Higher Educ.) vii. 28 Colleges and universities can assist by..encouraging students to have work or service experience before entering college, to stop out while in college to obtain it, or both. 1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. iv. 9/1 Paul Marantz is stopping out. He's one of the estimated two million college undergraduates..who last year left school to spend some time in the outside world, or to try out some other form of education, but who do plan to return eventually and earn their degrees. < as lemmas |
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